Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, has about 245,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cabarrus County is held at the county jail, run by the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Cabarrus County public records, Cabarrus County arrest records, Cabarrus County warrants, Cabarrus County criminal records, Cabarrus County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cabarrus County
The county jail, run by the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Cabarrus County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office at cabarruscounty.us/Government/Departments/Sheriffs-Office-Old/Detent... (page title: Find an Inmate Cabarrus County), 65 Church St S Concord, NC 28025, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Cabarrus County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 330 people, up from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 665 beds, and it ran at 47 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cabarrus County has about 245,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cabarrus County Jail
The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Concord and Kannapolis make the arrests that end in a booking in Cabarrus County.
The Locust Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cabarrus County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cabarrus County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Concord's 3,532 for 2025 and Kannapolis's 2,188 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Cabarrus County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,720 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Cabarrus County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Cabarrus County serves the sentence in a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, whose inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Cabarrus County?
Look on the custody page of the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office at cabarruscounty.us. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Cabarrus County jail?
About 330 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 665 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cabarrus County go?
To a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction; its inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov.
Is this the official Cabarrus County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.